Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 23 September 2025
- Cull cows £2.75/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £684/head* mart average
An entry of 85 cull cows at Markethill on Tuesday 23rd September sold in a steady demand. Good quality beef bred cows from £280-£343 per 100k for 606k at £2080 for a Newry producer. The same owner received £322 per 100k for 660k at £1980. Dairy bred cows sold to £264 per 100k for 802k at £2120 for a Portadown farmer, followed by £261 for 628k at £1640 for a Hilltown farmer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 23 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £2.75/kg | £2.40 to £3.43/kg | £1,902 | £1,640 to £2,350 | 13 |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 14 lots | £684 | £300 to £1,210 | 14 | ||
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots
27 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 606 | £2,080 | £3.43/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 616 | £1,980 | £3.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 758 | £2,350 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 654 | £2,000 | £3.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 658 | £1,970 | £2.99/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 802 | £2,120 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 628 | £1,640 | £2.61/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 722 | £1,850 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 652 | £1,650 | £2.53/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 764 | £1,860 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 756 | £1,830 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 682 | £1,660 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 722 | £1,730 | £2.40/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | LM | £1,210 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £900 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SPK | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £690 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £680 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HO | £410 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £340 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £340 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HO | £300 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £860 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SI | £850 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SI | £800 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £660 |
The lots the mart chose to print in its report, usually the better end of the trade. The averages above are the figure to quote.
Source
Read from the mart's own report, a web page at markethilllivestocksales.co.uk. Fetched 2 September 2026.